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Quaker Quest Impact Survey: A Five Year Longitudinal Study

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Please submit your answers by September 28th. And do be sure to hit the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page!

Basic Info

First Name *

Last Name *

Monthly Meeting *

If other, please specify

Where is your meeting in the Quaker Quest process? *

a. Completed Full-Day Workshop.

b. Formed Core Group.

c. Approved Public Sessions.

d. Planning Public Sessions.

e. Completed a series of Public Sessions.

f. Completed second series of Public Sessions.

g. Discerned not to continue Quaker Quest at this point (Please share below).

h. Other, including other follow-up to the workshop (Please share below).

If you checked boxes g or h, please share here

Total Number of people who normally attended worship before Quaker Quest Full-Day Workshop (members and attenders)

Total Number of people who currently attend worship (members and attenders)

How has the attendance changed from when you held the Full-Day Workshop until now? (members and attenders)

1-3 Increase.

4-6 Increase.

7-10 Increase.

11-20 Increase.

More than 21 Increase.

No change.

1-3 Decrease.

4-6 Decrease.

7-10 Decrease.

11-20 Decrease.

More than 21 Decrease.

Other (Please explain below).

If other, please specify

Are there people who were attenders BEFORE the meeting had a Full-Day Workshop, who have become members?

Yes

No

If yes, how many?

Of the total number of people you identified as currently attending, did any become new attenders AFTER the Full-Day Workshop?

Yes.

No.

If yes, how many new attenders?

Short Answer Questions

(We understand that there may be many reasons for these changes.)

1. Please comment about growth in the meeting since the Full-Day Workshop. Please consider all types of growth, including sense of connectedness, Spiritual and numerical growth and any other ways that may be important to your meeting

2. What changes has your meeting made because of the workshop/s, having a core group, holding public sessions, or throughout the Quaker Quest process? Check all that apply. Share other ways in the box below

Provided name-tags.

Made Quaker literature available.

Created or updated the meeting's website.

Made new small group activities.

Cleaned up the meeting house.

Had more fun.

Posted a sign outside the meeting house.

Provided childcare.

Offered refreshments.

Increased children's programming.

Other ways

3. Do you feel that you and/or your meeting are better at welcoming newcomers?

Yes.

No.

Please provide a few specific examples

4. Do you feel that you and/or the meeting are better at including those who were already part of the community into the life of the meeting?

Yes.

No.

5. Has there been transformation in individuals and the meeting because of participating in Quaker Quest? Please share specific examples and stories to illuminate your comments

6. Overall, what impact has Quaker Quest had on your meeting?

7. Do you anticipate additional ways that Quaker Quest will impact your meeting in the coming months and years?

8. Tell us about the support you recieved from FGC. Please share things that helped the meeting and if there are ways that FGC might better support meetings in the Quaker Quest process.

Questions for Those Meetings with Public Sessions

If your meeting has hosted Public Sessions, please reflect on your experience below.

1. What positive learnings did the meeting have?

2. What challenges were there?

3. Reflecting on the Public Sessions experience, are there changes that you would suggest?

4. Please share other thoughts about your Public Session experience

5. Tell us about the support you received from FGC. Please share things that helped the meeting. Are there ways that FGC may better support meetings in the Quaker Quest process?